The November issue of Boston Magazine has compiled a list of the Top 50 Restaurants in Greater Boston, including these wildly popular ones in the neighborhood!
Nearly three years of nonstop acclaim could go to a restaurant’s head, but Comfort Kitchen keeps using its platform to tell the deeper stories. The Dorchester hot spot—formerly a historical comfort station—remains focused on culinary tales that traverse decades and thousands of miles. Brown-butter okra with masala-spiced yogurt; goat ragu with cassava gnudi; and coconut-based fish chowder all share a table, linked by flavors of the African diaspora. Each menu looks at that concept from a different angle: currently, a multiracial, intersectional exploration of what it means to be American. Food is the greatest connector, and Comfort Kitchen wields it expertly.
42. Via Cannuccia
Stefano Quaresima’s handcrafted pasta doesn’t just taste like Rome—it tastes like his Roman childhood. Every flake of croissant, every strand of noodle at this trattoria carries those sweet memories, whether you’re lingering over morning pastries and espresso or diving into evening plates of paccheri paired with Italian wine. Still, Quaresima isn’t afraid to add local and seasonal twists: His “revised clam chowder pizza” featuring pancetta and fried clams makes the point perfectly.
Maureen Dahill is the editor of Caught in Southie and a lifelong resident of South Boston sometimes mistaken for a yuppie. Co-host of Caught Up, storyteller, lover of red wine and binge watching TV series. Mrs. Peter G. Follow her @MaureenCaught.
